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Preface | p. vii |
List of Maps and Illustrations | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
An Empire of Liberty: Whig Identity in the Reign of George II | p. I |
Maintaining the Balance of Power | p. 3 |
A Matchless Constitution | p. 14 |
The Liberties of Britain and Europe | p. 30 |
The Blue Water Vision: British Imperialism and the Seven Years' War | p. 35 |
"The Sepulchre of British Interest" | p. 38 |
Oceans, Indians, and Colonists | p. 53 |
The Legacy of William Pitt | p. 69 |
Patriotism Established: The Creation of a "National Militia" in England | p. 72 |
The Power of Popularity | p. 75 |
The Militia Riots of 1757 | p. 83 |
The Price of Victory | p. 98 |
The Nation Abroad: The Atlantic Debate over Colonial Taxation | p. 106 |
The Origins of the Stamp Act (1765) | p. 110 |
An American Theory of Empire | p. 123 |
The Plunge of Lemmings | p. 136 |
The Revolution in British Patriotism: The Friends of Government and the Friends of America | p. 148 |
Ambivalent Patriots | p. 150 |
The County Associations (1780) | p. 164 |
A People above Reproach | p. 179 |
The Experience of Defeat: The British Legacy of the American Revolution | p. 181 |
The Limits of Greater Britain | p. 183 |
"The Isle of Liberty and Peace" | p. 198 |
A Multiracial Empire | p. 208 |
Bibliography | p. 215 |
Index | p. 253 |
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